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By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 26, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Brawls broke out in French supermarkets as shoppers scrambled to get their hands on discounted Nutella. The chaotic scenes were filmed in several supermarkets across the country operated by the […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 25, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. United States soybean growers are losing market share in China to Brazil. A decade ago, the U.S. supplied 38 per cent of soybeans to China compared to 34 per cent […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 24, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Latvia’s Air Baltic said Wednesday that it expects to buy more C Series planes from Bombardier in the coming months. In October the company had said it was in talks […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 23, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Canada will sign on to a revised 11-member Asia-Pacific Trade Pact (TPP), according to a government source. Trade officials signed on a final text earlier in the day Tuesday after […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 22, 2018 (CNS) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Amazon is finally opening its first automated grocery store to the public Monday, after nearly a year’s delay. Amazon Go is a 1,800 square foot store located in the middle […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 19 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A government shutdown is looming in the United States, as a bill to extend funding for a wide range of federal programs is being held up by a dispute […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 18 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China’s economy grew at a faster-than-expected pace in the fourth quarter of 2017, with the gross domestic product rising by 6.8 per cent during the period. Industrial output in […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 17 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The Bank of Canada raised its key overnight interest rate by 0.25 points on Wednesday, taking the rate to 1.25 per cent, its highest level since 2009. – Bitcoin […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 16 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A false alarm about a North Korean missile launch was sent out by Japanese public broadcaster NHK on Tuesday. The mistake comes only a few days after a similar […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Jan. 15 (CNS Canada) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – North Korea will send a 140-member orchestra to the upcoming Olympics in South Korea, as tensions between the two neighbouring countries continue to show signs of easing. The two […] Read more